Are those giant footprints in the snow?

Roads prepared for ice

Reading and Wokingham councils have both announced lorries will be out gritting the roads this evening.

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Feeling festive

All of a sudden everyone is feeling very Christmassy.

Is it the arctic chill or just that Friday vibe?

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Poll: Pro or No?

I posted this earlier, I am very much in the pro camp but there are plenty of you who will just hope the sun keeps shining. So are you pro or no?

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When it properly snowed

So the skies are clear and it’s looking unlikely that we’re going to get hit, at least until later in the weekend. In the meantime, my colleague Hugh Fort put this gallery together last year with some great images of when it’s properly snowed on us. Worth another look.

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Living nativity

They’ve had camels and snow in Wokingham today, the two at the back look like they’ve got the hump.

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It's going to be a cold one tonight

That gorgeous blue sky over Reading right now?

That means it’s quite likely going to be a cold one tonight so please wrap up warm if you are headed out!

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Wrap up this afternoon?

Checking the source of this but that big blue patch looks ominous!

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We're not alone

We’re not the only ones excitedly hoping for snow.

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The most ever snow?

In his book with Stephen Burt - One hundred years of Reading weather - friend of Get Reading, Reading University professor Roger Brugge says the most snowfall recorded in Reading was between 21 and 22cm on 30th and 31st December 1962, marking the start of the bitter 62/63 winter.

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Steve’s after a lie in tomorrow. What do we think?

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Looking heavier in Oxford

Snow falling semi heavily up in Oxford now, it’s brightened up again in central Reading.

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We have snow in Reading

I’ll admit, when I started this live blog this morning I was hopeful of snow but not confident.

White christmas?

Emmer Green

Weather update from the Weather Channel

Our man Brett Gibbons at the Weather Channel has sent this update for today’s forecast.

Large parts of Britain are braced for a deluge of heavy snow that could cause massive disruption.

Forecast models are indicating there will be some major falls on Sunday across parts of Scotland, Wales, south-west and northern England, the Yorkshire and Humber region, the Midlands and as far south as the Home Counties as a weather system bowls in from the Atlantic.

This will collide with bitter air speeding down from the Arctic to create the wintry blast, which is likely to continue until late on Sunday..

Accumulations of between 7-12 cms (up to five inches) are possible on higher ground and there could be substantial coverings at lower levels before it slowly turns to rain. Up to eight inches (20 cms) could be possible on higher ground.

A Met Office yellow warning for snow is in place until late on Sunday but it added there was still a degree of uncertainty over the precise track of the areas of rain and snow.

Transport disruption is possible with delays to road, rail and air travel delays, with the potential for vehicles to become stranded or public transport to be cancelled. Rural communities with limited access routes could become cut off.

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WIND WARNING!

Snow watch becomes wind watch! The Met Office have just announced a yellow wind warning for the whole of the South of England between 4am and 7pm.

The warning reads:

A spell of strong winds is expected to move east across the far south of England and Wales on Sunday morning. Some short term loss of power and other services is possible, as well as some delays for high-sided vehicles on exposed routes and bridges. It is likely that some coastal routes, sea front and coastal communities affected by spray and/or large waves.

Here’s the tweet with confirmation.

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Sunday is looking likliest

Here’s that Yellow Snow warning for Sunday. Looks like we might just miss out this weekend.

Met Office Yellow Snow warning for Sunday (Image: Met Office)

It is snowing in Bristol though, so depending on your feelings toward the white stuff there’s still hope!

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Proof?

Just in case you didn’t believe me. Two tweets of confirmed snow fall in Maidenhead and Henley.

Here’s Maidenhead this morning:

And a video from Henley:

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Morning!

Hello everyone, we’ll be keeping an eye on the weather this morning as snow ‘threatens’ to hit our great town. We’ve seen a tweet or two from the likes of Henley and Maidenhead where snow has fallen (really) but in the spirit of canvassing public opinion, are you ‘pro snow’ or ‘no snow’?